New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their worst levels ever recorded amid ongoing pollution and habitat destruction, according to a key yet grim annual update by scientists.
Of the nine “planetary boundaries” that help determine whether life can flourish on Earth, seven are being breached at their highest ever levels of transgression, according to the latest planetary health check, a process that was established in 2009.
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Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says
State capture by fossil fuel interests through direct subsidies and regulatory exemptions demonstrates how corporate power overrides… [more]